USSA Services

USSA masters races are organized under the United States Ski Association (USSA),
the national sanctioning body for alpine ski racing. Sanctioned USSA masters races
are listed on the USSA race calendar and competitors must be participant members
of USSA, which ordinarily means holding a current alpine masters competitor license.

Race organizers and administrators have a number of services available though the USSA web site
for checking that competitors have current licenses and that race codes have been obtained
for sanctioned races on the current season calendar. Starting in November 2011, member
services on the USSA web site are available through the member portal
my.ussa.org and
require login to your member account to access services.

Direct links to important USSA services for race organizers and officials are provided here,
as many find navigating the USSA site to locate information of interest to be somewhat challenging.
All of these lookup and report services are also available directly from your member portal account home page
once you have logged in (look for the links in the Tools sub-header section, immediately following
your account information at the top of the page).

Member lookup services are provided by the Member Lookup and Member Lists services.
Most current USSA masters will be listed in the points list file
used with race software, which is updated periodically throughout the season by USSA, but
check online for the most up-to-date information about a competitor's license status.

To check the license status of a competitor, use the
Member Lookup feature on the USSA web site:

NOTE:
A race code is assigned upon completion of the USSA Schedule Agreement, which must be submitted by the race organizer for a competition to be sanctioned on the USSA calendar as a masters competition.
This is essential for liability and secondary accident insurance coverage of the event.

The schedule must have separate race codes for each gender, even if the event is operated
using "masters start order" rules with both men and women competing on a single course.

USSA publishes a masters points list
data file containing all licensed USSA masters competitors
periodically throughout the season. The masters points list
file can be used with the Split Second Timing software
to assist in correctly entering racer information such as
name, age, and USSA license number when inserting
competitors in a Masters Alpine race data file.

The masters points list is scheduled to be published regularly during the
competition season, starting in November and updated approximately monthly.

The masters points list file is available for download
from the USSA web site using the
Masters Points List download page at ussa.org
(click on the link at the bottom of the page to download the masters points list .ZIP file).

The Split Second software supports downloading and installing the current points list
from within the program, which is the simplest and most commonly used technique.
See the Split Seconds Tips page entry
Installing Points Lists Files
if you want to download and use the points list with the Split Second
timing software.